Belgian contributions to Biennale Architettura 2025

Sigrid Adriaenssens - le Corderie

Alternative Skies, by Wesam Al Asali, Sigrid Adriaenssens, Romina Canna and Robin Oval

Alternative Skies is an invitation to look up and rethink how we build, amplifying the connection between natural building materials and collective construction knowledge. The project explores how design and fabrication technologies draw on the intelligences of craft, culture, and nature. It examines how vernacular roofing techniques use geometry and material strategies to work with, rather than against, gravity and material limitations.

Luc Steels - Arsenale

Am I a Strange Loop? by Luc Steels and Takashi Ikegami

Among the participants invited by curator Carlo Ratti is Belgian scientist Luc Steels. Together with Japanese scientist and artist Takashi Ikegami, he will present an artistic-scientific installation entitled ‘Am I a Strange Loop?’. Together, they developed an AI-powered robot that the audience can interact with.

51N4E, XDGA and OFFICE - Pavilion of Albania

Building Architecture Culture, curated by Anneke Abhelakh

The Albanian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, titled: Building Architecture Culture, emphasizes the mutually reinforcing relationship between architecture and society. Beyond practice, the field is present in academics and the general public, where concepts related to space are discussed, exchanged, and considered. Belgian offices contributing to the exhibition are 51N4E, XDGA and OFFICE.

(source: World Architecture)

BC architects - Pavilion of France

Vivre avec / Living with, curated by Jakob+Macfarlane, Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane, in collaboration with Martin Duplantier Architects and Eric Daniel Lacombe

Vivre avec / Living with will be a temporary, lightweight structure built from reused materials, situated within the grounds of the French Pavilion, which is undergoing renovation. Designed as an inclusive and interactive space, it will function as an exhibition venue, meeting point, and discussion forum, incorporating contributions from both French and international architectural schools. The lightweight structure emphasizes porosity and coexistence with the existing pavilion restoration site, creating an open and collaborative environment, as a laboratory for exhibitions, encounters, and discussions. Among others, the Brussels-based office BC architects presents a project in this exhibition.

Rotor and A+ Architecture in Belgium - Bruno Books & Palazzo Grassi

Discover the A+ programme on the occasion of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025.

• A+310 Material Flows
  Conversation with Rotor 
  09.05.25, 10:45 am | Bruno Books, Venice
  
  A conversation with Rotor on A+310 Material Flows. This edition was created in the context of the Entangled Matter exhibition, which took place at Bozar last year. A+ invited Rotor to co-edit this edition, focusing on the reuse of materials and building preservation.

• Film Screening Entangled Matter
  Conversation with Rotor + Bêka & Lemoine
  10.05.25, 6 pm | Palazzo Grassi, Venice
  
  A screening of the film Transmutation by Bêka & Lemoine. This series of short films was created within the framework of the exhibition Entangled Matter, on the work and vision of the Brussels-based collective Rotor. The screening will be introduced by a conversation between Rotor and filmmakers Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, offering a deeper look into the creative process behind Transmutation and the themes explored within the films.

Metamorphic Art Studio - European Cultural Centre in Palazzo Mora

Tijdens de prestigieuze tentoonstelling van het European Cultural Centre (ECC) in Palazzo Mora, gelijklopend met de Architectuurbiënnale van Venetië, stelt het Belgische Metamorphic Art Studio het baanbrekende Periscope-project tentoon: een visionair én tegelijk realiseerbaar architecturaal concept dat duurzaamheid en technische innovatie op een unieke manier weet te combineren.

Het Periscope-project, dat internationaal reeds meermaals werd bekroond, is niet zomaar een utopisch droombeeld. Via een werkende maquette — een technisch uitgepuurde en gedetailleerde representatie van het uiteindelijke gebouw — wordt duidelijk dat het ontwerp niet alleen toekomstgericht is, maar ook effectief uitvoerbaar binnen de huidige technische en maatschappelijke context. Dit metamorfoserend schaalmodel vormt het kloppend hart van de Belgische inzending in Palazzo Mora en illustreert treffend de vertaalslag van idee naar praktijk.